Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-08-17
THE TICKET.

prove on IL, Jney cannot, from the ma
terIal now before them, nominate bet
ter men or those who would more
ell the county offices. For
sheriff, after a warm though goOd-na-
tured contest, Judge Geo. w. Stevens .
was nominated. lie is a man with a
clean character, a record as faithful
and active officer, and he has had a
experience. He came here
from Cass county, Missouri, where he
held the Office of treasurer and ex OlficiO |
collector and sheriff at different times. |
There, as here, he was known as an
unwavering and fearless official, endow-
ed with good common sense and never
failing judgment. His life has been
clean, and no man can truthfully say
that he has not been a good citizen and
an accommodating neighbOr. He is
temperate in all things, and is not a
fanatic on any subject. His nomina-
ton was demanded by the best men of
his party and his election is practically
assured. In this precint, at the prima-
ry, the Stevens delegates received ten
votes to one cast for any other can
didate. In the convention, he was
nominated OH the first ballot, and his
honorable opponents magnanimously
caused his nomination to be made
unanimous. Judge Stevens was born
In Illinois more than fifty years ago.
During the war he was Union man.
lie has a family Of grown children.
His every dollar is invested in Barber
county and he is here to make his per-
manent home.
James Z. Hall, the nominee for reg
lister Of deeds, needs no introduction to
the people of Barber county. Two
years ago he was elected to the Office he
now holds, and in an incredible short
time he has brought "order out OF
chaos" and to-day he is conducting
the best regulated Office in the county.
lie has been careful, accommodating.
industrious and honest in the discharge
of his duties. No nan ever detected
him in an error, and every tax payer
and land owner feels certain that the
title to his property is now properly
guarded. Mr.. Hall is a clean, pure
man; charitable to those in need of
charity; loyal TO his party and faithful
TO his friends. His election will be an
endorsement of his correct business hab-
its and an encouragement to others to
faithfully perform the duties to which
the public assigns them.
The nominee for county treasurer,
James +. BrysOn, was the most fOrtu-
nate nomination the convention could
have made. Kiowa, with its fast in
creasing population, its business i'm
portance and its heavy taxpayers only
asked one Office of the convention, and
that was the place willingly accorded
to Mr.. Bryson. He is respected citi-
zen of KiOwa, having purchased prop
erty and lived there for two years. He
was born in Tennessee 30 years ago;
moved 10 Texas when 16 years old and
engaged in stock raising, a business he
has followed since. Even his political
opponents have but good words for Mr..
BrysOn. He is business man who has
successfully managed his own financial
affairs and is therefore qualified to
take charge of the county exchequer.
Mr.. BrysOn is n man of excellent ad-
dress, pleasant manners and is a good
talker. Our prediction is that he will
make friends and voters wherever he
goes.
Ambrose Allen Of this city is the
nominee for county clerk. lie came
here from Michigan eight years ago
and most of the time since, he has
faithfully worked at his trade, that of
tin and sheet iron worker. lie is a
young man well thought of by those
who know him best, and in Office
would be painstaking and accommoda-
ting. Should he make a canvass of
the county, he will convince those with
whom he comes in contact, of his fits
ness for the Office, for he is a young
man of information and practices
sense.
ID. j. Aber, known to perhaps every
land owner IN the county as a compe-
tent civil engineer and surveyor, is the
nominee for county surveyor. That
means that he Will be elected, for he
has given better satisfaction than any
other man who ever attempted to
straighten crooked lines and establish
permanent corners in this county. For
two years he has been deputy in the
office to which he nspires and has done
good honest work.
DIR. S. A. Warner is the nominee for
coroner. While he is comparatively a
new citizen in this county, already he
has made a most favorable impression
on those who have met him. He is a
regular graduate in medicine and sur
gerry and could perform the duties OF
the Office acceptably. Should he be
called on to ill the position of sheriff, in
case of the death, or inability of that
officer to act, he would be found equal
tn the emergency.
by their unanimous votes the dele.
gates agreed on Capt. A. l.. Freeman
or this city, as suitable man for com
missioner Of the first district. No ont
who knows this gentleman,-andw who
does not know himp-will question hi:
entire fitness for the Office. lie is {
man acknowledged to be fair under al
circumstances. lie is honest TOWARD
all mankind, and no one has a higher
appreciation of the rights OF other.
than he. lie would sacredly guard tn,
peoples interest and as county commits
sioner he would give entire satisfaction
Capt. Freeman was not candidate 70
this Office, and it was only after repeat
ed efforts that his admirers succeede,
| An, calming his consent tn nllnur hi